Exactly. :) The only time you'll still need the old one is for logging in, which is indeed very annoying. It's weird to sign into your iCloud account using a Gmail address (username) just to access iCloud mail. Until Apple lets you merge Apple IDs, though, we're all kind of stuck. On Jul 6, 2014, at 11:14 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yep, ditto. You can log in using your new iCloud address, but Apple seems to > give them special treatment, such that you can't actually make your primary > identifier your iCloud address. Annoying as hell, but just ignore it. > > And a caution: whatever you do, do not remove your old email address from > AppleID.apple.com, or you're locked out of your account unless you still have > access to your old address! Instead, simply change your contact email > address to your new iCloud one, and ignore the old address. > > Cheers, > Sabahattin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
